FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

I made a side trip today in the town market knowing it was "market" day - Friday. It's when the public market is teeming with sellers, selling all kinds of goods, to buyers, from all walks of life. But I went there for a sole purpose - to buy a galore of native delicacies. And indeed I got a whole lot of it for a fraction of the price I one often can get in the city. All these for a total of PhP70 only. Yet I know for a fact that most of these would be lacking "quality" just by the looks of it. This alupe costs only 5pesos a pair and was just ordinary - not good nor bad just ordinary. It's a bargain for it's price. It was an impulse buying since there were no other alupe available around. These baye baye made from mais (corn) was worth it's price of 5 pesos per 3 balls (I ate one while durign the shoot-lol). Though Im not exactly a fan of baye baye mais (like the white one (rice) much better) but this was at par with the other ones I've tasted...

This one I got from another food fair at SM Delgado. While passing time I noticed this from afar and remembered I still haven’t got one. Though not really native to Iloilo, I'm sure it'll bring some memories as being called " buti ". Most of the time its those ball shape one we get, this popped rice was often a pasalubong treat from the market when we were young. Now it has evolved to those that have been "painted with colors" to entice buyers. But it's still the plain one that makes the most out of this buti memories.